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No. 818.340. PATENTED APR. 17, 1906.

D. E. BARTON.

HUB.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 10, 1904.

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[$76 660. 7 16 1/ 2 22? 2 6 W4 2/ ls (ZflrwnZ ys vi/wd/wfli Lax/(M A zwww FATENT Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April. 1?, 1906;

Application filed November 10,1904. Serial No. 232,126.

Be it known that .1, Dmmcn'r l BARTON, 21-

ritiren :d' the Un ed States, residing at 8.2L 3

ol linx'ine and State i nine, in the soon y it'isnoirsin. hove invented certain new and useful improvements inl l uhs and Axles; and l do hereby declare the following to he a full, clear, and exact desrription ol the intention, such as will enable! others skilled in the art to which it eppertiiins tonnrke and use the some.

My invention. reliites to axles and axlehoxes, and espeoizil y to such are adapted for use on wheeled plows, eulti'vetors, and other iigritulturul machines, and has for its object to improve the some in the several perticnlers herein-alter note d.

The invention eonsists oi the novel devices and i-omhiimtions of deviees hereinafter described, and delined in the elziims.

in the :ieeompmiying drawings, which illustrnte my invention, iilie ehiirncters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

i iguro l is a. plnn view with some parts hrolien awn v. showing :2 wheel-huh, axle, and nxiediolr de .,;ned in iii'i'ordnnee with my invention. i 2 is 21 longitudinal vertical section tnhen on the line .i: r of Fig. 1. Fig. 3-3 is :i t ansverse voi'liml semlion token on the lini ol' l"i 1 and l. lig. 1 is :1 trainsverse verlirnl section taken on the line 1-. or iii hip. .1. Fig. 5 it vi w. portly in side (ElOYittion and peril in sei-tion. showing the nxlo, the axle-hora, and l()('l\'-l f\', snid ports living sepnrzited; EtlHll gxiiisn \t'l'ilflllNPllfllhtzllfllll longitiniinnlly nnd rentrnlly through the lorhlmx,showin itssnpplmneninlretoininglhinge or segment removed therefrom.

'lhennmernl l indientes one end of an axle, to Wlillli rigidly, hut ])1(!l43litl)l :idjnstnhly, serrnred it loek-hox 2, the rylindriml portion of which extends eonrentrie with the nxle nnd provided with an inte rnl sqrmentnl retainingdliinge I}, whirh extends through its lower lnill'--vii' -iiii'ii'erenee. r nio (up 2 is pro-- vided with :in extendml hnh 4-, \vhii'li llts the axle 1 mid is mniipped with kl wodge-slniped \tlriltholt f5, suhjei-t to it 11111 n, hy menns ol' wlii xh the ho); is rigidly serured lo the ex le in any desired adjustment thereon. 'lhis Ls n condition nevi-ssnrv or di siriihle in i-nlturulinnehineslormljustingthewheels lengtlniise of th nxlo to secure the suitable spread ior adopting the min'hine to the (ultevn'tion oi plants in rows hi -h very in width 0] spin-i115: crosswise oi. the line of travel.

At its upper portion the box 2 is shown as provided with a. raised boss to ped to re'- circle dust-guard 9 may he a plied to the box 2 for cooperation with the ange 3 to exclude the dust and dirt from the box when the parts are in working position. The dustguard 9 has alaterel lug 10, perforated to fit overthe boss 7 on the box 2, and when the set-screw i3 is np 'ilied the dust-guard will be secured to the box, as best shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The dust guard 9 supplements the hinge 3 of the box 2 and, as shown, is provided with lug-like tips U, which fit in seats 12, cut on the upper ends of the flange 3 to assist in holding the guard 9 in working position. This, however, is immaterial, as the guard 9 will be held in pbsition by the setserews 8, as hitherto noted. The half-circle dust-guard 9, as shown, is provided with a lateral flange or bend 13, which overlaps or telescopes with the edge of the box 2f0r maki11 a more perfectly dust-tight joint therewith.

' The axle-box 14- is closed at its outer end and open at its inner end and is provided. near its inner end with a raised head or flange 15, having one straight and one beveled face for, purposes-Which will presently appear. The end portions oi the mile-hex 14 are bored to lit the axle 1 but the intermediate portion oi the nxlo-hox is uounterlrored to efl'ord an enlarged chamber 16. 'llhe iron wheel-hub 17 fits over an enlarged section 18 of the axlehox 14 and nhuts against a. raised stop-flange or shoulder 19, formed on the box 14. A lork-nut 20 has serew-threiided engagement with a portion of the HXlG-l 0X 14 outward of the seetion 18, to which the Wheel-huh is litted, and by means of the look-nut 20 the wheel-huh is jammed against the stopdlzingo iii, and tlrfil'(,l) securely looked to the axlehox 14. The stop-lhinge or shoulder 19 is provided with n. loelt-lu r 21, which engages with the notch .22, provided in the wheel-huh I 17 when the pin-ts are in 'm-hing position, I therein preventing any possibility of the wheel rotntivel slipping in resper't to the axle-box.

"lo sepnrnte the axle-box 1 1i ll'OllLtllO lookhox 2 or to interior-k he said pnrts together, it is necessary that hoih thereol' he removed from the axle 1, or, otherwise started, when the said parts are in working position, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the nxle holds the lock-ho); and the nxle-lmx in their interlorked position. ll the nxle-hox 1-1. and the eeive a setsc rew 8, lay-means of w 10h a heli-- lock-box2 have been removed from the axle and the hali-oii'oledustguard 9 has been-re moved from the loolebox, then the axle-box may be applied to the lock-box by bringing the two parts into an an uler relation in ge- 5: eat to each other, so t iatthe bead 15 on t e axle bon can enter the chamber of the by then bringing the said two parts intoeoinoidental axial lines they will become inter loelcedwitli the bead 15, engaging behind the retaining-lien e 3 of theloolzbox, as shown by the dotted ines in Fig. 5.

interlocked Whether applied to the axleor not.- After the axle-box and the look-box lz'ave been applied to the axle and rigidly eeoured thereto by the di'iltbolt 5 the hall-cit cle' dust-guard 9 is then placed in position 5 and secured by the set-screw 8.

From the foregoingit will be seen that the box 2- serves to look the axle-box to the axle in any desired adjustment, While permitting; the said two parts to beieadily separated from each other when removed Tom the axle.

The outward end thrust of the axle-box 14 is taken solely by the retaining. O1 look flange 3 of theloclobox 2'. By reference to Fig. 2 it Will be seen that tli 'bead 15 of the axle-box bears against the retaining fl'ange 3 of the lock-box 2. The bevel on the inner faoe of the raised bead 15 of the axle-box permits the axle-box and the lOGlb OZOX 2 to be put to gether or separated with. use of a smaller opening the face of the box and also afloclebox, as shown. in full lines 111 Fig. 5, and 4 I loelted y sa d itXlG when in W Then when the axle is applied the two parts will be inter res "lee-t t 'er'eto, and an axlebw: rotatable on em axlasaid twoboxes havinginterloeliing I beads or flengeswlnch may be mterloelieiil 51:;

and" disengaged only by an endwise IQQl movement at'an angle to tlzeiielined Whereb the said two boxes lie i lain .tions, thereon and may be sepe 'ated W11 moved therefrom, siibstadtially des si'i 2. The eombination Witii an axle, of a-leolt box thereon provid ed with an a opzf'eximateiy segmental retainingeilange, and an axle-box rotatable onsaid axle and-' tovided 'mtli a raised bead cooperating Wit said-retaining flange of said look-box to hold the said two boxes interlocked when in 'woilfl itg position on said axle, and permitting the said boxes to i be separated only when removed from said axle and which look-box. and axle-bon may 'b'eseparatedonly Whenineved from thand given}. endwise rocking movement the one with respect to the other and free an gular movements with respect to each other, z:

substantially as described 3. The combination with an? axle of an in tegrally lorined lock box extending 60118631" trio to said axle and provided at its outer side .wi'tli-a segmental retairning fiange ex tending: 3

throughout approximately its. lOWQi' hali eii' oumierence, and an axle-box having at its inner end a raised retaining-beadiiisertible into said IOClFbOX and removable tller'eflom only by an endwise rocking movement of one In testijqnony whereof I ailix m signatuw in presence of two Witnesses.

' DELBERT' BARTQN. Witnesses: r

i W. S. Money,

ALBERT E. EMMETT. 

